Putting down his weapons, Zhu Cixi asked Hu Bao to call Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Shuting over.

Soon, Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Shuting, who had just been promoted, arrived almost running.

"See Your Highness!"

"Forgive me, how about taking a look at these firearms?"

The two turned around and saw a large number of rifled guns. Zhang Shuting suddenly screamed:

"Oh my God, there are so many self-generated fire guns and thunderbolts...this...couldn't this be left by Jian Nu?"

Zhu Cixiang glared at him angrily and said:

"It's your fault. If Jiannu had such firearms, would he be exterminated? These rifles and grenades are left to you by this palace. After recruiting troops, we will train them first and try to give you all the equipment later."

When recruiting troops, pay attention to the quality of the troops. First of all, recruit soldiers who are honest and obedient and can strictly carry out orders. Don't be slick and veteran. The training must be done strictly according to the methods of the East Palace Guards!"

"Here"

Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Shuting did not expect that the Crown Prince would give them firearms right now. They smiled happily and immediately saluted the Crown Prince and took orders.

Zhu Cixiang did not explain how to shoot or use grenades. Zhang Shuting had undergone strict training.

After explaining to Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Shuting, Zhu Cixiang said again:

"Command, except for the soldiers on duty, all officers and soldiers must gather together to bury the soldiers who died in the battle today."

"Here"

The two of them took the order and immediately notified the East Palace Guards to assemble.

In front of a hillside two kilometers away from the imperial mausoleum of Tianshou Mountain, eight hundred East Palace guards lined up in order.

The weather was hot and the bodies of the three dead soldiers could not be transported back to the capital. Zhu Cihong decided to let them rest in the place where they had fought.

Not far away is the tomb of the emperors of all dynasties. It is also an honor for them to bury soldiers who died in battle here.

Zhu Cixiang poured three glasses of wine with his own hands and placed them in front of the graves of the three soldiers, and sprinkled another glass of wine on the wooden sign engraved with the soldiers' names!

"salute!"

Zhu Cihong said a salute, then clenched his right fist and placed it on his chest to salute the martyrs as a military salute.

The crown prince's treatment of the fallen soldiers moved all the soldiers of the East Palace Guard to tears. They uniformly clenched their fists and saluted the three soldiers.

"Xu Liang, Wang Dejin, and Li Jian, three martyrs, have a good journey. You died fighting to defend the country. Ming Dynasty will not forget you. The heroes of Ming Dynasty will be immortal!

Tianshou Mountain has a beautiful scenery, and it can accompany the emperors of all generations. Rest in peace! The Ming Dynasty will not let the soldiers bleed and shed tears anymore. I will take care of your family and bring your spiritual tablets back to the capital to be enshrined in the Zhonghun Temple."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he made a gesture to Zhou Yuji, who immediately shouted loudly:

"Fire the gun to see the hero off!"

"Bang bang bang..."

Eight hundred rifled guns were raised in unison, and a burst of gunfire erupted from Tianshou Mountain!

After returning to Changping, Zhu Cixiang walked around the city. Thanks to the efforts of the East Palace Guards, Changping had changed within one day.

Pedestrians could already be seen coming and going on the street, and many people were queuing up to receive porridge at the Simen Porridge Shed. Zhu Cihong saw smiles on their faces.

Zhu Cixiang jumped off his horse and walked into the porridge shed. He immediately saw two large pots of steaming sticky rice porridge. Zhu Cixiang nodded and was about to leave. At this time, Yan Yingyuan arrived for inspection.

When he saw Zhu Cixiang, he immediately dismounted his horse and saluted:

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

Zhu Cixiang nodded slightly:

"Come out and take a look. Judging from the situation of receiving porridge, how many people are there in Changping?"

Yan Yingyuan cupped his hands and said:

"Your Highness, the general has already asked people to count the number of people receiving porridge in the four porridge sheds. There are not many people, probably around 40,000. There must be some people who have not come. At least so far, the rich and powerful people have not shown up.

."

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"The population of Changping is about 80,000, and the slaves slaughtered at least 30,000 people. I will kill these beasts!"

After Zhu Cixiang said that, he suddenly remembered something:

"After the people have eaten enough, let them go out of the city and transport the dead horses back to improve the food, otherwise they will rot. Jiannu and Ertazi have good armor. They are all brought back to the soldiers for temporary use. The corpses are thrown into the ravine."

"Here"

There were only a few members of the East Palace Guards, and there were too many things to do after entering Changping. They did not have time to clean the battlefield. The headless corpses and dead horses were still lying outside the city, so Zhu Cixiang had no choice but to make this decision.

After telling Yan Yingyuan a few words, Zhu Cihong got on the horse.

Watching the crown prince jump on his horse and leave, Yan Yingyuan said to the people receiving the porridge:

"Did you all see that the one just now was His Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty? Your lives were saved by the Crown Prince, and your revenge was avenged by the Crown Prince for you. The porridge you are eating now was also donated by the Crown Prince. Have you ever seen this?

The crown prince who loves the people?"

"Ah... that handsome young man just now turned out to be the crown prince..."

People looked at the Crown Prince’s leaving figure in surprise, then knelt down and shouted:

"Thank you Crown Prince for saving your life..."

"Thank you to the Crown Prince for killing Jian Nu and avenging us..."

Hearing shouts from behind him, Zhu Cihong knew that Yan Yingyuan was winning the hearts and minds of the people for him, and he was more confident that Yan Yingyuan could control Changping well.

As soon as he returned to the General Military Mansion in Changping, Zhu Cixi saw Yan Xiongying standing in front of the door. Seeing the crown prince return, Yan Xiongying immediately stepped forward to salute:

"Your Highness, I will give you the order to kill 103 slaves and more than 200 Tatars, and bring back fifty war horses and 120,000 taels of gold and silver."

Zhu Cixiang waved his hand generously and said:

"Okay, this palace is remembering your great contribution. The gold and silver will be handed over to Zhou Yuji as a reward for the soldiers to share."

There was another reward. Yan Xiongying was overjoyed and immediately gave the order to thank him:

"Well, thank you for your great kindness, Your Highness!"

July 29

After Zhu Cixiang got up and had breakfast, he began to listen to intelligence from all walks of life. Azig was still looting Baodi, while Abatai had already captured Zhuoxian County. Wherever the slaves went, life was devastated.

Zhu Cixiang was furious:

"Nima, are all those King Qin soldiers and horses just for show? Hundreds of thousands of troops are watching helplessly as slaves are wreaking havoc. All of them should be killed..."

In a fit of anger, Zhu Cixiang broke two teacups in succession and shouted:

"Soldiers, do you still dare to kill Jiannu and achieve great feats?"

The morale of the soldiers present was high and they shouted in unison:

"Dare to kill Jiannu to protect our family and country..."

Zhu Cixi nodded with satisfaction:

"Zhou Yuji, order all the soldiers of the East Palace Guard to prepare for the return journey!"

"Here"

"Yueyang Hu Bao, you are responsible for shipping 300,000 taels of silver back to the capital. The silver rewards have not yet been distributed to the soldiers. Return to the capital and take the silver rewards to rest for a few days. Then I will lead the soldiers to kill Jiannu!"

"Here"

…

An hour later, the East Palace Guards set off to leave Changping.

When the people of Changping heard that the Crown Prince was leaving, they all came out to see him off. On both sides of the road where the East Palace Guards passed, rows of people were kneeling with tears in their eyes.

"Farewell to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Some of the rescued children ran behind the East Palace Guards, shouting and sending off the Crown Prince Chitose as they ran...

Capital

Duke Cheng's Mansion

It had been a long time since he had seen the crown prince jumping around. Duke Cheng, Zhu Chunchen, thought something had happened to Zhu Cihong.

He suddenly heard a news. There was a rumor in the streets and alleys of the capital in the past few days. It was said that the mysterious master in Changping was the Prince's East Palace Guards. Zhu Chunchen panicked.

"Come here, call me on Cao Shangfei!"

Soon Caoshang flew to Zhu Chunchen, and Zhu Chunchen said:

"Asshole, why have you not completed what my father-in-law asked you to do until today?"

Cao Shangfei hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"My lord, please calm down. That kid is very lucky. I drugged him several times, but he seemed to be useless after drinking sugar water. I wanted to assassinate him directly, but I never found the right opportunity." Bayi.

"Trash, get out..."

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